Jerry Youkey, M.D.
Vice President for Medical Services and Dean of Academic Services
Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center
Chairman of the HSSC Scientific Steering Committee

Dr. Youkey has been Vice President for Medical Services and Dean of Academic Services at Greenville Hospital System since 1998. He oversees a staff of 1,200 and budget of nearly $150 million in his role as chief academic, research, and medical faculty and development officer. At present, the hospital system has eight residency programs with 150 resident physicians and an affiliated medical staff of 1,150.

Dr. Jerry Youkey Vice President for Medical Services and Dean of Academic Services Greenville Hospital System

In addition to administrative duties, Dr. Youkey is a general vascular surgeon who is active in clinical care, teaching, and research. After completing his undergraduate studies at Stanford University in California, he received his medical degree from Marquette Medical School in Milwaukee in1974. He then served a rotating internship and general surgery residency at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso. A fellowship in peripheral vascular surgery followed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC. He was honorably discharged from the US Army in 1984.

Board certified in general surgery and in general vascular surgery, he is a member of many professional societies and widely published in his specialty field of general vascular surgery. Dr. Youkey holds the academic appointment of Professor and Associate Dean at the University of South Carolina and the Medical University of South Carolina. Before coming to Greenville, he served as chief of the Department of Surgery and director of the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Fellowship program at Geisinger Medical Center in Pennsylvania.

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